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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825499403321

Autore

De Landa Manuel

Titolo

A new philosophy of society : assemblage theory and social complexity / Manuel DeLanda

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; New York, : Continuum, 2006

ISBN

1-4725-4604-0

1-283-12277-4

9786613122773

1-4411-5174-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (149 p.)

Disciplina

301.01

Soggetti

Philosophical anthropology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- 1. Assemblages Against Totalities -- 2. Assemblages Against Essences -- 3. Persons and Networks -- 4. Organisations and Governments -- 5. Cities and Nations

Sommario/riassunto

Manuel DeLanda is a distinguished writer, artist and philosopher. In his new book, he offers a fascinating look at how the contemporary world is characterized by an extraordinary social complexity. Since most social entities, from small communities to large nation-states, would disappear altogether if human minds ceased to exist, Delanda proposes a novel approach to social ontology that asserts the autonomy of social entities from the conceptions we have of them